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• The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention stated that a 23-State outbreak of two strains of Salmonella is
linked to contact with live poultry from Mt. Healthy Hatcheries in Ohio. Sixty
people were sickened by the recent outbreak, including at least 10 individuals
that were hospitalized. – Food Poisoning Bulletin

10.
May 8, Food Poisoning Bulletin –
(National) 23-state Salmonella outbreak from backyard poultry flocks. The
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that a 23-State outbreak
of Salmonella Infantis and Salmonella Newport is linked to contact with live
poultry from Mt. Healthy Hatcheries in Ohio, a mail order hatchery linked to
Salmonella outbreaks in 2012 and 2013. Sixty people were sickened by the recent
outbreak, including at least 10 individuals that were hospitalized, with the
onset of illness ranging from February 4 to April 21. Source: http://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2014/23-state-salmonella-outbreak-from-backyard-poultry-flocks/

• The former manager of a Blakely, Georgia
Peanut Corporation of America plant pleaded guilty May 7 in connection with a
2009 Salmonella outbreak traced to the company’s peanuts that killed nine
people and sickened hundreds. – Associated Press

11.
May 8, Associated Press – (Georgia;
Texas) Man pleads guilty in salmonella outbreak case. The former manager
of a Blakely, Georgia Peanut Corporation of America plant pleaded guilty May 7
in connection with a 2009 Salmonella outbreak traced to the company’s peanuts
that killed nine people and sickened hundreds. The man and three others are
charged with scheming to manufacture and ship tainted peanuts. Source: http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2014-05-08/man-pleads-guilty-salmonella-outbreak-case

• Authorities are investigating the cause of a
fire that broke out May 8, damaging four Kensington businesses and halting
service for a portion of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Market-Frankford Line. – WCAU 10 Philadelphia

25.
May 9, WCAU 10 Philadelphia –
(Pennsylvania) Fire damages businesses, shuts down El. Authorities are
investigating the cause of a fire that broke out May 8, damaging four
Kensington businesses and halting service for a portion of the Southeastern
Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) Market-Frankford Line. Train
service resumed on the Market-Frankford Line May 9. Source: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Store-Fire-Shuts-El-Causes-Evacuations-258541621.html

Financial Services Sector

4. May
8, Sarasota Herald-Tribune – (Florida) Jury convicts 3 bankers in
$4 million fraud. The former chief executive, chief financial officer, and
attorney for the failed Coastal Community Bank were convicted in court in
Panama City May 7 for defrauding the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC) of $3.75 million from its Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program. The
bank collapsed in July 2010 and cost the FDIC almost $100 million. Source: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20140508/article/140509677

5. May
8, Bloomberg News – (International) AIG had Cuba ties while owned
by U.S., agrees to fine. American International Group Inc., (AIG) agreed to
pay a $279,038 fine as part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of the
Treasury for violating sanctions against Cuba by insuring a Canadian client
against risks and selling travel coverage to Canadians taking trips to the
island between 2006 and 2009. Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-08/aig-had-cuba-ties-while-owned-by-u-s-agrees-to-fine.html

For another story, see item 20 below
in the Information Technology Sector

19. May 9, Threatpost – (International) Digi ICS gateways vulnerable to
Heartbleed OpenSSL bug. The Industrial Control Systems Computer Emergency
Response Team (ICS-CERT) issued an advisory May 8 alerting users that five Digi
wireless Web mesh gateways used in industrial control systems and home networks
are vulnerable to the Heartbleed bug in OpenSSL. The vulnerability could allow
attackers to obtain login credentials and private encryption keys. Source: http://threatpost.com/digi-ics-gateways-vulnerable-to-heartbleed-openssl-bug/105999

20. May 9, Softpedia – (International) Customers of WordPress themes
developer WooThemes report credit card fraud. WordPress themes developer
WooThemes reported that it is aware of around 300 instances of fraudulent
payment card activity involving its customers and was investigating a possible
breach of its systems. The company does not store payment information in its
systems, and the company and outside experts are working to identify how the
information was taken. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Customers-of-WordPress-Themes-Developer-WooThemes-Report-Credit-Card-Fraud-441470.shtml

21. May 9, Softpedia – (International) Cybercriminals use Viknok trojan to
make money

23. May 8, IDG News Service – (International) Snapchat settles FTC deception
charges, will be monitored for 20 years. Snapchat entered into an agreement
with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) May 8 to settle charges that the
company had misrepresented the privacy of its messaging app by claiming that
messages are deleted completely after a set amount of time. The agreement
prohibits Snapchat from misrepresenting the extent of users’ data privacy and
security, and will require the company to be monitored by a third-party privacy
group for 20 years. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2014/050814-snapchat-settles-ftc-deception-charges-281433.html

For
additional stories, see item 17 below from the Emergency Services
Sector and 19 above in the Information Technology
Sector

17.
May 9, WOOD 8 Grand Rapids –
(Michigan) 911 service restored in Ionia County. Ionia County Central
Dispatch reported a 9-1-1 and phone outage affecting a number of area codes in
the Lake Odessa and Clarksville areas May 8 due to a cut fiber optic cable.
Service was restored May 9. Source: http://woodtv.com/2014/05/08/911-outage-affecting-ionia-county/

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About Me

U.S. Army Retired Chief Warrant Officer with more than 40 years in information technology and 35 years in information security. Became a Certified Information Systems Security Professional in 1995 and have taught computer security in Asia, Canada and the United States. Wrote a computer security column for 5 years in the 1980s titled "for the Sake Of Security", penname R. E. (Bob) Johnston, which was published in Computer Decisions.
Motto: "When entrusted to process, you are obligated to safeguard"